Chords for Patches

_ _ I was born and raised down in [D#m] Alabama, _ on a farm way back up in the woods.
[F#m] I was so ragged, folks used to call me Patches.
[E] Papa [D#] used to tease me about it, of course, deep [E] down inside he [G#] was hurt,
because [C] he'd done all he [C#m] could. _ _ _
[F#] My papa was a great old man.
[E] I can see him with a shovel in his hand seat.
[F#] _ Education he never _ had.
[E] He did wonders when the times got bad.
[F#] The little money from the crops he raised.
[E] Well, it paid the bills we [B] made for life that [D] kicked him down to the [E] ground.
When he tried to get up, [B] life would kick him back down.
One day, papa [D] called me to his dining bed, [E] put his hands on my [B] shoulders,
and in tears he said, he said,
Patches, I'm depending [D#m] on you, son, to pull the [B] family through.
My son, it's [E] all left up to you.
_ [G#] _ _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
Two days later, papa passed [E] away, and I became a man that day.
[F#] _
So I told mama I was gonna quit school, [C#m] but she said that was daddy's strictest rule.
[F#] So every morning before I went to school, [E] I picked a chicken, then I chopped wood too.
[B] Sometimes I felt [D] that I couldn't go on.
[B] I wanted to leave, just [B] run away from home.
But I would remember [D] what my daddy said, [E] with tears in his eyes [B] on his dining bed.
He said, Patches, I'm depending on [D#m] you, son.
I tried to do my [B] best.
_ It's up to [E] you to do the rest.
_ [G#] _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
Then one day a strong [D#m] rain came and washed all the crops away.
_ [F#] And [F#m] at the age of 13, I thought I was [E] carrying the weight of the [C#] whole world on my shoulders.
[G#] And you know, mama knew what I was [C#] going through,
cause [F#] _
every day I had to work the [E] fields.
Cause that's the only way we got our meals.
[F#] See, I was the oldest of the family, _ [E] and everybody else depended on me.
[F#] _
Every night I heard my mama pray, [E] Lord, give him strength to make another day.
[B] So years have passed, and [D] all the kids have grown.
[E] The angels took mama [B] to a brand new home.
Lord knows, people, [D] I shedded tears, [E] but my daddy's voice kept me through the years.
Saying, Patches, I'm depending on [D#m] you, son.
_ The bullets found [B] me through.
_ My son, it's [E] all left up to _ [G#] you. _
Watch and [C#m] steal your papa's voice.
[B] Saying, Patches, I'm depending on [D#m] you, son.
_ I've tried to do [F#m] my best.
_ It's up to _ [E] you to do the _ [G#] rest.
Watch and steal [C#m] your papa when he's sick.
[B] Saying, Patches, I'm depending [D#m] on you, son.
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